Bar and Court Admissions

Education

University of Washington School of Law, J.D., 2009

Middlebury College, B.A., cum laude, 2003

Heather T. Rankie

Heather’s practice is devoted to complex civil litigation, with a focus on antitrust and unfair competition. She has represented consumers or businesses in actions involving price fixing, price discrimination, and product tying. Through this, Heather has gained experience in all phases of pre-trial litigation including: pre-complaint investigation, pleading, factual discovery (including electronic discovery), motion practice, settlement, and appellate advocacy. She brings a steadfast commitment to achieving the best result for each client and attention to the details vital to successful resolutions.

Heather has litigated high-stakes matters in a variety of industries, including: electronics, financial services, agribusiness, retail and wholesale consumer goods, and air transportation. For example, she recently represented a class of plaintiffs who achieved settlements with ten defendants totaling $1.082 billion—the largest all-cash consumer recovery for an antitrust case—in In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation (Northern District of California). Zelle Hofmann served as co-lead counsel, and Heather had an active role in her firm’s leadership of the case, as well as substantive responsibility for research, strategy, and briefing of complex legal issues.

Prior to joining Zelle Hofmann, Heather attended the University of Washington School of Law where she served as the Editor-in-Chief for the Shidler Journal of Law, Commerce & Technology. She also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable John C. Coughenour, former Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Transpacific Air Passenger Antitrust Litigation (U.S. District Court, Northern District of California) — multidistrict litigation on behalf of a nationwide putative class involving claims of price fixing in the transpacific air passenger market